Files and Folders You can customize image filenames and folders saved to your computer by using the ‘Folder’ and ‘Filename’ fields in the Settings tab. These customizations are saved to a profile. Images saved to the body memory card only use the default filename settings as defined in the body LCD menu and cannot use …
Configuring Metadata When you capture an image, EXIF metadata is automatically populated by the body. You can add custom IPTC metadata in the Metadata tab. To open the Metadata tab, go to the View menu and select Metadata. You can leave the IPTC field empty, or you can fill in one or more fields with …
Capturing Images You to adjust certain camera settings and initiate image capture by the following methods. Press the shutter release button on the camera body. Click the Capture, Shoot or AF and Shoot button. Keyboard shortcuts Web Trigger Sound Trigger Speech Trigger TCP/IP Trigger Live View Motion Trigger DSUSB HDR Workflow Pulse Workflow Burst Workflow …
Calibrating the White Balance If you shoot jpg’s, or view your nefs’s in the image browser, calibrating your white balance is essential. Jpg’s ‘burn-in’ the colors and throw away other valuable color information during the creation of the jpg in the body, making any post-processing color corrections difficult. If shooting only raw, the white balance …
Using Magnifiers The UI Magnifier This is a loupe that magnifies the screen, making it easier to read. This is useful on small screens running at high resolution. It magnifies what is already on the screen. If you hold it over an image, it magnifies only what is on the screen and does not really …
Setting the Language You can modify the user interface text for the current language. To bring up the Lanuage window, go to the File menu and click on Language. Note: The translation is machine-translated (by Google) into 64 languages. Often, these translations are not very good, but we are working to improve them. If you …
Preparing your Camera Here’s what you need to do to prepare for tethering with ControlMyNikon: Install ControlMyNikon, but don’t start it up yet. Turn off your camera, ensure the battery is well charged. Set the camera to Manual Exposure mode, Single Shot. Connect the USB cable from the camera directly to the PC. Avoid cables …
Navigating the User Interface By default, ControlMyNikon starts up in a single window. You can tweak the appearance by moving the image browser and/or live view to other windows and monitors and adjusting panel widths and heights in each window. A mouse and keyboard is required for navigation as ControlMyNikon has not been optimized for …
Connecting to your Camera ControlMyNikon connects to Nikon DLSR”s via a USB cable. Check out this tutorial about connecting. Drivers ControlMyNikon doesn’t require any custom drivers supplied by Nikon or ControlMyNikon. Just plug in your camera via USB to your Windows PC and it works. It has been this way since Windows XP. Some other …
Adjusting the User Interface Colors You can change the user interface colors with themes. Some themes are better than others in certain lighting conditions, so try some different themes and find one that is comfortable for you. The effect of themes are visual only. Changing Themes Go to the Tools menu and select ”Themes”. Select …
